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Flash card # 1 Abysmal: Too great to measure Abyss: Any great depth or emptiness Academe: Academic world, especially college or unviversity Academic: Faculty member of a university Good at studies. Access: Admission, approach The ability to enter retrieve	Flash card # 2 Accessory: Something added for decoration. Someone who encourages for wrong/unlawful deed. Acclimate: To adapt to a different climate. Accolade: An honor or reward. Accompany: To go with. To sing background music. Accomplice: A partner in crime.
Flash card # 3 Accost: To approach and speak to. Accouterments: A soldier's equipments other than clothing and primary weapon. Accretion: Cumulative growth or increase. Accrue: To come as natural result To be added periodically. Acerbity: Bitterness of speech, manner or temper.	Flash card # 4 Acetate: A chemical compound containing Acetic acid. Acid rain: Rain with high concentration of acids(polluted content). Acme: The highest point. Acolyte: Helper of an important person. Acoustics:The quality of a room or hall with respect to sound production.

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Abysmal:

This is an adjective. That means - Too great to measure; without limit.

Usage: Monica was moved to tears by the abysmal wretchedness of the poor.

Synonym:Immeasurable, Limitless.

Antonyms:Limited, Slight.

Abyss:

This is a noun that means

1. A bottomless gulf.

   Usage: The mountain trail ran along the edge of an abyss.

2. Any great depth or emptiness.

   Usage:The abyss of time.

Academe:

This is a noun that means -

1. An University or College.

2. Academic world.

Synonym: Institute.

Academic:

This is a noun that means -

1. Member of a university or college for teaching or some research work.

   Usage: Sam was flattered with the fact that his thesis is approved by the science academic.

2. Also used to indicate that the truth of a particular point is irrelevant and that it can have no real effect on what is happening.

   Usage : Your role in the matter was only one of academic interest.

3. Good for studies.

   Usage : CAT is an exam for the academic interest.

Access:

This is a noun that means -

1. Admission

   Usage: Attempt to gain access through side entrance.

2. The right to enter.

   Usage :Can i access or telephone.

3. Retrieving something.

   Usage : Using laptop to access net.

   
   

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Accessory:

As a noun this means -

1. Something added for display.

   Usage:

   Purses are accessories to a woman's costume.

   Synonym : Appurtenance

   Antonym : brief

   
   

   As an adjective this means

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2. Someone who encourages or helps another who commits some sort of illegal activity.

   Usage :By hiding the criminal, you have become an accessory in robbery.

   
   

   Synonym : Supplemental

   Antonym : Essential

   
   

Acclimate:

This is a verb (degree - Acclimate - Acclimated - Acclimated - Acclimating) that means - To adapt to a different climate or environment.

Usage : He acclimated himself to the arctic cold.

Synonym: Accustom, Adjust.

Accolade:

This is a noun that means - An honor or award.

Usage : They heaped accolades upon Yuvraj Sign for hitting six sixes in an over.

Synonym :Praise, Tribute.

Antonym :Criticism, Rebuke.

Accompany:

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This is a verb (degree - Accompany - Accompanied - Accompanied - Accompaning) that means-

1. To go with.

   Usage: A guide accompanied them to their trip.

   Synonym :Attend,Escort.
   

2. To play or sing the back ground music to or for.

   Usage:Kishore Kumar accompanied all the actors in his age.

   Spelling tip: The past tense changes 'y' in accompany to 'i' in accompanied.

Accomplice:

This is a noun that means - An honor or award.

Usage : They heaped accolades upon Yuvraj Sign for hitting six sixes in an over.

Synonym :Praise,Tribute.,

Antonym :Criticism, Rebuke.

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Accost:

This is a verb (degree - Accost - Accosted - Accosted - Accosting) that means - To approach or speak to.

Usage : A beggar accosted him in the street.

Synonym : Address, Hail, Confront

Antonym : Ignore, Leave, Alone.

Accouterments :

This is a noun and used in plural sense. Accouterments means - A solder's equipments, other than clothing and weaponry.

Spelling Tip: This word may also be spelled Accoutrement.

Synonym: Furnishings, Accessories.

Accretion

This is a noun that means -

1. Cumulative growth or increase.

2. An addition from without.

   Usage : Accretions of polish covered the original wood.

Accrue:

This is a verb(degree - Accrue-Accrued - Accrued - Accruing) that means-

1. To come as a natural result, Side advantages.

   Usage : Many benefits accrued to the nation when women became eligible to vote.

2. To be added periodically

   Usage: One year's interest had accrued on his savings account.

   Synonym:Accumulate, Collect

Acerbity:

This is a noun that means - Bitterness of speech, manner or temper.

Usage: He spoke with

considerable acerbity on the subject because it reminded him of the injustice meted out to him in the past.

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Acetate:

This is a noun that means

A chemical compound containing acetic acid.

Usage: Cellulose acetate is a chemical that is commonly used in synthetic yarn making.

Acid rain:

This is a noun that means - Rain with high acetic content.

Acme:

This is a noun that means-The highest point

Usage: Mount Everest is considered the acme of mountains.

Synonyms: Height, Peak, Summit.

Antonyms: Depth.

Acolyte:

This is a noun that means-An attendant, generally of some important person from 1st persons perspective.

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